The Sand Pebbles (1966) |
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| Director(s) | Robert Wise |
| Producer(s) | Robert Wise, Charles H. Maguire |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Epic, Film Adaptation, Romance, War |
Featured Cast of The Sand Pebbles See More »
Steve McQueen(as Jake Holman)
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
Steve McQueen
(as Jake Holman)
Candice Bergen(as Shirley Eckert)
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
Candice Bergen
(as Shirley Eckert)
Richard Attenborough(as Frenchy Burgoyne)
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
Richard Attenborough
(as Frenchy Burgoyne)
Richard Crenna(as Captain Collins)
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
Richard Crenna
(as Captain Collins)
Mako (as Po)
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
Mako
(as Po)
Larry Gates(as Jameson)
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
Larry Gates
(as Jameson)
Simon Oakland(as Stawski)
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
Simon Oakland
(as Stawski)
Gavin MacLeod(as Crosley)
The Sand Pebbles
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1966
The Sand Pebbles
Released
1966
Gavin MacLeod
(as Crosley)
The Sand Pebbles Overview:
The Sand Pebbles (1966) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Robert Wise and produced by Robert Wise and Charles H. Maguire.
Academy Awards 1966 --- Ceremony Number 39 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Steve McQueen | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mako | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | William Reynolds | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Jerry Goldsmith | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Robert Wise, Producer | Nominated |
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The Sand Pebbles
For Jake Holman, nothing really works out, no matter how hard he tries. He’s the newest crew member on the San Pablo, nicknamed by the crew as The Sand Pebbles, patrolling the interior of China in 1926. Holman is used to being head engineer and working hard to keep the engine running a... Read full article
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The Sand Pebbles Quotes:
Jake Holman:
Hello, Engine; I'm Jake Holman.
Jake Holman:
[Holman enters the engine room after boarding the San Pablo. He looks around the room, smiles and places his hand on the machinery] Hello, Engine; I'm Jake Holman.
Jake Holman:
I was home. What happened? What the hell happened?
Jake Holman:
I was home. What happened? What the hell happened?
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The movie is often mistakenly described as being intended as an allegory for the Vietnam War, but Richard McKenna, the author of the best-selling novel on which the film was based, served on U.S. Navy gunboats in China during the 1930's and based the book on his own experiences. The Vietnam War allegory, perhaps inevitably, was ascribed to the film by the press on it's release in 1966, although not the original intention of the author, screenwriter, or director.
Before the film premiered in New York City Twentieth Century-Fox set up a publicity tour for Steve McQueen to promote it. McQueen made rare TV appearances on the Toast of the Town (aka "The Ed Sullivan Show"), What's My Line? and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Opening scenes were shot on the battleship USS Texas in Houston, Texas. These shots of Machinist Mate First Class Jake Holman (Steve McQueen) transferring off the battleship did not make it into the final print.
Steve McQueen gave writer Robert Anderson such a hard time, that Anderson left the project after McQueen was cast. Years earlier, McQueen was not cast in a play by Anderson and McQueen never forgave him.